[11] “There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers; [12] those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth; [13] those whose eyes are ever so haughty, whose glances are so disdainful; [14] those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind. [15] “The leech has two daughters. ‘Give! Give!’ they cry. “There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, ‘Enough!’: [16] the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’ [17] “The eye that mocks a father, that scorns an aged mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures. [18] “There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: [19] the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a young woman. [20] “This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, ‘I’ve done nothing wrong.’ [21] “Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up: [22] a servant who becomes king, a godless fool who gets plenty to eat, [23] a contemptible woman who gets married, and a servant who displaces her mistress.
